rumor of a next - generation Apple Pencil have been running wild as we work up - up to the long - awaited iPad refresh due next month .
Now we have a little more concrete grounds that ’ll indeed be the case , thanks to the latest iOS 17.5 beta .
harmonise to codification tell apart within the iPadOS 17.5 beta , a new “ credit crunch gesture ” will be potential with the Apple Pencil.9to5Macreports this is potentially an single feature of that forthcoming Apple Pencil 3 .
The codification suggests the squeeze feature could be used for “ quick interactions such as adding shapes , signatures , stickers , or a text field . ”
Considering theApple Pencil 2only supports dual - strike as a way of switching between the various tools , this would be a potentially meaning hardware ascent . Because the current model only boast atmospheric pressure sensors within the tip , this would ’ve to intend novel ironware .
And because iPadOS 17.5 will belike coincide with the launch of the iPads , it signify a third - generation manakin is highly likely to be available alongside the new tablets .
A recent reputation from Bloomberg suggest it wassoftware tweaks holding up the releaseof the first new iPads in around 18 month , so it ’s possible Apple is still refining this interactivity with the next Apple Pencil .
Reports last calendar month have also suggest the next ( or a hereafter ) Apple Pencil will be compatible with Apple Vision Pro . MacRumorsgot wordfrom an anon. source claiming the Pencil would enable substance abuser to soak up on a flat open and have it appear within visionOS , effectively plough “ a someone ’s environs into a giant canvas , staring with pressing and tilt sensitivity . ”
The new iPads are expected to launch around a calendar month from now .
